Under the luggage compartment floor: temporary spare
wheel.
1. Open the boot lid.
2. Fold up or remove the luggage compartment floor.
3. Lift up the floor covering, if present, and remove.
4. Fully unscrew the handwheel in the middle of the temporary spare wheel → Fig. 3 in anti-clockwise direction.
5. Remove the temporary spare wheel.
Stowing the removed wheel
1. If the replaced wheel does not fit into the spare wheel well, stow the wheel securely on the luggage compartment floor in the
luggage compartment.
If the replaced wheel fits in the spare wheel well: guide both ends of the retaining strap through a recess in the wheel rim. When
doing so, make sure that the ends of the retaining strap are inserted from the front of the wheel rim and that the recesses are
opposite each other if possible.
2. Place the removed wheel into the spare wheel well with the front side of the wheel rim facing downwards so that the centre hole
in the rim is positioned exactly above the hole or threaded pin.
3. Screw the handwheel → Fig. 2 clockwise onto the threaded pin until the replaced wheel is firmly secured.
4. Return the vehicle toolkit to the vehicle toolkit container → Fig. 1 2 and stow the vehicle toolkit container in the replaced
wheel.
5. Secure the replaced wheel, vehicle toolkit container and, depending on equipment, towing bracket by tightening the retaining
strap → Fig. 1 3 . When doing so, make sure that the retaining strap is guided through the recesses → Fig. 1 1 in the vehicle
toolkit container.
6. If present, place the floor covering in the luggage compartment.
7. Replace the luggage compartment floor.
8. Close the boot lid.
If the spare wheel tyre is not the same as the tyres on the vehicle
If the spare wheel tyre differs from the other tyres on the vehicle, the spare wheel must be used only in the event of a tyre failure and
for a short time→
.
—Do not drive faster than 80 km/h (50 mph).
—Avoid full acceleration, sudden braking and fast driving through bends in the road.
—Do not use snow chains on the temporary spare wheel (→ Snow chains).
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